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Old 08-25-2018, 12:56 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by jackie_w View Post
No need to be so defensive, geek1011, my problem is not with the new system, which I like a lot, not least because of its improvements in patching the nickel file.
It's okay. I'm happy to discuss this topic.

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My problem is that if people are reluctant to even try to move forward to the new system "because the old works just fine" (and I agree, it does work fine and I've been very grateful for it for several years) then we will forever have 2 systems. I get it that, on the whole, people hate change but I'm sceptical that keeping 2 systems in-sync is workable in the long run (BTW, I'm happy to be proved wrong )
I partly agree with people being reluctant, but at the same time, I don't want to force the transition. I have been making it as easy as possible to switch to the kobopatch, and have made quite a few tools to ease the process. At first, I just implemented the old format in kobopatch, and added the zlib instructions. Then, I started releasing patch zips, but still in the old format, but with kobopatch. Finally, in 4.9.11311, I changed the default format to the new one.

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For the record, any future contributions from me will be for kobopatch in .yaml format. If someone else wants to translate them to .patch format and do the testing that's perfectly OK by me.
Do you (or anyone else) want me to make a tool to translate them to .patch format automatically?
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